Wartime food prices decline for first time since Pearl Harbor
Washington AP reports a 2 percent drop in food costs from early June to mid July due to cheaper beef and veal pork and lamb prices cut by the Office of Price Administration. Fresh vegetables fell amid victory garden supplies. chicken prices eased fractionally while fish and oranges rose. Overall cost of living remained 25 percent above January 1941 despite some declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Secretary of Labor
Frances Peridus
Bureau of Labor Statistica
Fedex
Fort
Office of Price Administraties
OPA
Victory Gardenera
City Police Tighten Traffic Rule Enforcement
Police Chief M. Tatum reports stricter enforcement of city traffic ordinances after a rise in violations yesterday. Officers will crack down on running red lights stop-sign violations and double parking downtown to curb unsafe drives and fines will be issued without warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciy
Police Department
Pollce
Tatum
World War II Front News Snapshot From Kharkov to Sicily
The report outlines Soviet forces driving toward Kharkov suburbs and pressing Donets basin aims, with Russian offensives claimed south of Vyasma. Sicily sees American landings near Cape Orlando, while German positions near defensive keypoints suffer. Pacific theater notes Japanese radio reports mixed.
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Associated Press
Kharkov
Ukraine
Donets
Naxi Radio
Vyasma
Churchill Leaves Quebec for Allied Strategy Parley
Churchill departs Quebec with his daughter for undisclosed destination as Allied leaders edge toward peak war planning ahead of Roosevelt's anticipated Quebec conference. The British prime minister, Canadian PM King, and Churchill’s team continue talks at Chateau Frontenac while awaiting Roosevelt’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Churchil
Great Britain
Niszara Palla
Churchill
Subeltern Mary Churchill
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Douglas
Cornell Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill of England Church
Montreal
Toronto
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Quebec
Britain
Eugene Fiset
Adelard Godbout
UMW Petition to Rejoin AFL Faces Delay
Chicago AP report states AFL Executive Council defers John L Lewis United Mine Workers reentry, sending his bid to the Boston convention for vote. Green notes unusual move, hints Lewis may withdraw rather than accept open forum. Coalition talks stall as AFL keeps nonpartisan committee stance and anti-strike bill opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Joseph A
Loftus
Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
Boston
Willam Green
UMW
Green
AFL
Ture
Sheriff Enforces Work Or Fight Poster Campaign
Houston County Sheriff BG Farmar announced distribution of work or fight posters in juke joints and pool halls to curb idleness amid cotton picking and peanut harvesting. He will report able bodied persons without work and promises enforcement of vagrancy laws with citizen cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
BG. Farmar
Touring Senators In North Africa
A five member U S Senate delegation arrived in North Africa on an Allied front tour. Senators Richard Russell James Mead B Chandler R Brewster and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr were accompanied by Brig Gen George Schulgren and Brig Gen Fred W Raskin. They visited Army and Navy bases, the invasion training center, and viewed amphibious craft demonstrations. They placed wreaths at cemeteries and toured American homelands in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Richard B. Russell
D.- Ga
James M. Mead
D.-N.t
B. Chandler
D-Ky
Raph 0. Brewster
R-Me
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Msas
George C. Schulgren
Fred W. Raskin
Congressions Party
Army
Navy
Mark W. Clark
Nqsamenter
Fifth Asay
Sevseal Comneteries
Americum Heomiinis
Dothan Stores End Thursday Half-Holidays Aug 19
The Dothan Chamber of Commerce reports that Thursday afternoon closing will end August 19, marking the first year firms have adopted Thursday half-holidays. Previously many closed on Wednesday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Thuredey
Arthur Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Johmor
War Board urged to adopt strict cuts in newsprint use
New York AP report says the House subcommittee urged the War Production Board to avoid allocations and instead impose percentage cuts to limit newsprint consumption. Chairman Lyle H. Boren led informal talks with paper manufacturers and WPB officials as shortages persist. The 100 ton per year exemption for certain publishers was noted as a point of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gareth Muchmore
New York
War Production Board
House
Lyle H. Boren
D-Okla
WPB
Koren
Anallee
Inducement to shift fathers into vital war work eyed
Washington AP reports War Manpower Commission plans to modify draft rules to encourage eligible men to move into essential war production. Proposals include broadening non-ex eligible lists, granting occupational deferments for key jobs, and shifting nonfathers to war industries to reduce father inductions. Senator Davis urged removing Selective Service from WMC control and barring father inductions until all others are drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service
WMC
Davia
R-Pa
Congress
Friday the 13th Worry Day for Many
The article notes superstition around Friday the 13th, predicting constant anxiety for the superstitious. It outlines common beliefs such as avoiding ladders and black cats and mentions the day being seen as a time for fanciful ideas to play out.
Troina Battle Proved There Are No Atheists In Foxholes
In Troina during a tough firefight, soldiers aid wounded amid German shelling. Lieut Claus Anderson and Corp Wayne Palmer helped evacuate casualties, praising Palmer for unwavering courage while others ferried wounded to shelter and tended them under fire.
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Troina Battle
Don Whitehead
AEF
Troina
Jack Belden
Time
Life
Claus Anderson
Kanosha
Wis
Atheleta
Foxhole
Anderson
Corp
Wayne Palmer
Ladyemith, Wic
Ija Golty
Palmer
Alan Mantyr
Lawrence
Philadelphia
Rita
Kelly
Ralph
Hewan
Raroh Kelly
Emmetburg
Maryland
Masty and
Hobbs Pushes Treason Charge for Military Fraud
Rep Hobbs of Alabama declared any person delivering defective materials to the armed forces guilty of treason and urged a new bill to penaltize such acts under the sabotage act. He said stockholders could face liability if a company commits the offense, aiming to curb poor material sourcing and protect military operations. The proposal seeks fines up to 1 million dollars plus imprisonment or death, replacing the current two-year maximum and ten thousand dollar fine.
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Washington
Hobba
Ala
Congress
Alabamsen
Judiciary Committee
War and Justice Departments
Liquor Permit Drive Gathers Speed in Dothan Stores
Liquor rationing registrations at Dothan State Stores remain steady as 1,308 people have signed up in three days for the August 23 program. Applicants must present War Ration Book Three and provide age, weight, height, sex, and hair and eye color before issuance. Negroes and whites register at separate stores on East Troy and South Andrews streets. At State Store 34 on East Troy, 650 Negroes registered in three days with 181 Monday, 248 Tuesday, and 200 Wednesday. State Store 35 on South Turn to Page 2.
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Dothan
East Troy Street
Blate
Haat Troy Street
South
Last Minute Bulletins Worldwide News Snippet
Washington reports changes in price line rationing for the east to be announced by Bowles of the OPA next Sunday. Philadelphia grocers arrested over counterfeit coupons during grocery raid wave. London notes Clark Gable aboard a U S group leading raids on German targets Gelsenkirchen. American Flying Fortresses raid Rhineland areas with high bomber losses reported by headquarters.
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Washington
Representative Powers
R-N. J
East
Cheater Bowles
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Philadelphia
Gerald A. Gleecon
London
Clark Gable
U. S
Sth
Afr
Gelsenkirchen
Gesapakirchen
Weeeeling
Germany
Rhineland
U. S. Army Air Force Hestquarters
Red Army Near Kharkov Gains Amid Nazi Rally Tension
Soviet forces drive within seven and a half miles of Kharkov from the northeast and sever the Poltava Kharkov railway line as part of a major push. Across the front, Red Army units envelop towns, destroy German trains, and capture villages while inflicting heavy losses.
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Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Poltava Kharkov
Nexis
Brittsy
CBS
Bryansk
Beli Lhe
Red Star
Army
Artllery
Nes
Bryanak
Orel
Kombora
Gome
Dnieper
Donets Basin
Nazia
Lozovaya
Barvenkove
Kiev-Staling Mrs
Cherkasskie Tishk
Pointa
Lerty
Moscow Communitie
Akhtyrka
Sumy
Vodyanaya
Smolensk
Alexeyevka
Villagra
Missing Napier Field Plane Found Wrecked
The Napier Field Public Relations Office announced a training plane missing Monday night was found wrecked twelve miles northeast of Troy. Cadet George T. Hill, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Tracy W Hill of East Bethany New York, was killed. A board of qualified officers will be appointed to determine the cause of the crash. Cadet Hill had been employed in Batavia prior to entering service.
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Napier Field
Troy
George T. Hill
Tracy W. Hil
East Bethany
N. Y
Sir Forces Etheme
Tinasd
Smamethaccumt
Fon
Batewis, M. YT
Eat
Yanks Batter Past Nazis At Cape Orlando
Allied forces push on in Sicily as American troops land near Cape Orlando. German rear guards resist with mortars, machine guns and road demolitions while evacuations by sea continue across the Messina Strait. Air and naval bombardments support the assault as British Eighth Army advances toward Randazzo and Etna foothills.
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Sicily
Cape Orlando
Unea
Eighth Army
Mt Etna
Noland Norgaard
Thalian
Lyesenia
Messina Strait
Messina
Italy
Hyrelmam Morin
North Aprica
Hes
Coet
Stablin
Bate
San Agate - Cesgraine
Nazo
Terni
Roma
Randa
Wecht
Denaro
Wne
Bronte
Randazze
Prajole
Zefferana Etna
Eattern
Mt. Etna
New York
Prejoia
Zafferana Etox
San Marco D’alonsie
Forth Coast
Cape Orland
Rafiway
Rome
Africa
Bonus
Axie Shipping
Anuocinteg
Terai
Em Aled
Axis
Ameren
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The
Pacific
Radio
Die- Mees UU
Joseph Stalin
Atmeld i Ua
NEA
Camereto
Randazzo
Ukraiian City
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